Secondhand nostalgia for secondhand smoke

“Smokin’ in the Boys Room,” the 1973 ode to cheap, naughty thrills from one-hit wonders Brownsville Station, may not have done much for Auburn students, at least when it was released. Because if you were a student at Auburn in 1973 you could still smoke in the classroom—or at least get away with smoking in the classroom—and with a dog food bowl-sized ashtray on your tiny Haley Center desk.

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Yea…I was there in ’73. That is one of the ash can trays lifted from a “butt and trash” recepticle that the school had in each classroom and in the hallways. I suppose those are gone now, as is the indoor smoking…and that’s a good thing.